An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“...it's perfectly possible to live without expecting anything of life; in fact, it's the most common way.” — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
Irony won't save you from anything; humour doesn't do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades;… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“On beach holidays, as perhaps in life more generally, the only truly enjoyable time of the day is breakfast.” — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I find it an absolute pleasure to read travel guides, especially the Michelin guides, and their description of places I know I'll… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes. Whether the life is tragic or… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“Humor won’t save you; it doesn’t really do anything at all. You can look at life ironically for years, maybe decades; there… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely. — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it. — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“In my life, I had known suffering, oppression, anxiety; I had never known boredom. I could see no objection to the endless, imbecile repetition… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's it. I attack, I insult. I… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“... I spent whole afternoons at Bon Marché looking at pullovers, there was no sense in going on like that.” — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I've lived so little that I tend to imagine I'm not going to die; it seems improbable that human existence can be reduced to… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
Rumor had it that he was homosexual; in reality, in recent years, he was simply a garden-variety alcoholic. — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“He doesn't know it yet, but the infinity of childhood is brief.” — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“Olga was nice, Olga was nice and loving, Olga loved him, he repeated to himself with a growing sadness as he also realised that… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“The problem is, it's just not enough to live according to the rules. Sure, you manage to live according to the rules. Sometimes it's… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“Life sometimes offers you a chance, he thought, but when you are too cowardly or too indecisive to seize it life takes the cards… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
